This module functions as a light framework for Stanford web applications. Using StanfordApp, you may load a YAML-formatted configuration file with your site's basic information, database configuration, and other settings.

* [[How to set up a configuration file for the Stanford Web Application Toolkit|How to set up a configuration file]]

* [[How to set up a configuration file for the Stanford Web Application Toolkit|How to set up a configuration file]]

Revision as of 17:14, 3 December 2008

Contents

Introduction

The Stanford Web Application Toolkit (SWAT) is a set of tools designed to assist Stanford web developers in creating secure and robust PHP-based web applications. It gives the programmer straightforward methods for connecting to the database, searching the directory, authorization, sending e-mail, handling file uploads, defending against SPAM, and other common-but-often-tedious tasks. SWAT has three primary goals: security, accessibility, and ease of use. The toolkit is broken down into several modules.

Contents

General

StanfordApp

This module functions as a light framework for Stanford web applications. Using StanfordApp, you may load a YAML-formatted configuration file with your site's basic information, database configuration, and other settings.